Electronic identification tags, a white circle placed in an animal's ear, is now required for certain types of cattle and bison that move across state lines.

The USDA will require cattle and bison crossing state lines to have electronic identification ear tags. The USDA will require electronic ear tags in cattle and bison crossing state lines, a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) may be better named the Farmer Aggravating and Regulatory Threats Department (FARTD). Its recent move to require electronic ear tags on cattle and bison ...

Livestock researchers are working on new technologies that will enable cattle ear tags to hold more information. CQUniversity Professor Dave Swain said while the April Fool's Day prank of ...

A federal plan is in the works that could better identify cattle's home on the range. The United States Department of Agriculture is in the final stages of crafting new rules that could end branding ...

The future of the hot-iron brand, an icon of Western heritage, is at the center of a nearly decade-long battle over cattle identification and traceability. “It’s the latest hot lightning rod,” said ...

Editors note: This story was published as an April Fool's Day joke. Ground-breaking technology could soon see outback farmers access fast, wireless internet, so long as they are within range of a cow.